'Mandatory' definitions:
Definition of 'mandatory'
From: WordNet
adjective
Required by rule; "in most schools physical education is compulsory"; "attendance is mandatory"; "required reading" [syn: compulsory, mandatory, required]
noun
The recipient of a mandate [syn: mandatary, mandatory]
noun
A territory surrendered by Turkey or Germany after World War I and put under the tutelage of some other European power until they are able to stand by themselves [syn: mandate, mandatory]
Definition of 'Mandatory'
From: GCIDE
- Mandatory \Man"da*to*ry\, a. [L. mandatorius.]
- 1. Containing a command; preceptive; directory. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Obligatory; compulsory; required by authority. [PJC]
- 3. (Law) Not optional; not able to be modified or disregarded; as, seven mandatory clauses in the contract. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'mandatory'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- absolute,
- authoritative,
- binding,
- canonical,
- choiceless,
- commanded,
- commanding,
- compelling,
- compulsatory,
- compulsory,
- conclusive,
- de rigueur,
- decisive,
- decretory,
- demanded,
- dictated,
- didactic,
- entailed,
- essential,
- exigent,
- final,
- forced,
- formulary,
- hard and fast,
- hard-and-fast,
- imperative,
- imperious,
- importunate,
- imposed,
- indispensable,
- inevitable,
- instructive,
- involuntary,
- irrevocable,
- mandated,
- must,
- necessary,
- necessitous,
- needed,
- needful,
- obligatory,
- official,
- peremptory,
- preceptive,
- prescribed,
- prescript,
- prescriptive,
- regulation,
- required,
- requisite,
- rubric,
- standard,
- statutory,
- ultimate,
- urgent,
- without appeal,
- without choice